REVIEW: CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS

This review it's going to be about the last book I read: Cat among the Pigeons, by the famous writer Agatha Christie. I'm really into detectives and crimes books, and I always said that I had to read something by Agatha Christie, and I have finally done it.

The book takes place in a girl's school, ruled by Miss Bulstrode and where almost al the characters are either studying or working. As you could expect being a book by Agatha Christie, there is a crime and from that point, the book is about police trying to find out what happened, involving more crimes. Unlike most detective books, the crime is not commited at the very beginning, first we get to know a little the characters, the situation and there is even some action happening. And I can't say a lot more about the plot, because as a mystery book, knowing a lot about it would remove the excitement of discovering step by step what happens.

I liked the book and it met my expectations. It was the way I thought it was going to be, so it didn't surprise me, neither in a bad nor in a good way.

At the beginning maybe it is a little boring, because you don't really know what the story being explained has to do with the girl's school mentioned in the first chapter, and also because there isn't a lot of action, although there is some. Then, once the first murderer is commited, it becomes everytime more interesting until the end, when everything is explained and you finally understand fully what happened. 

Summarizing, it's a book I would recommend, specially if you like the books with mysteries and things to solve, because it doesn't dissappoint you. 

Photo of the TV series Poirot.
 Episode 11, based on the novel Cat among the pigeons.